Shots fired in Fitchburg; schools in temporary lockdown

FITCHBURG—Longsjo Middle School and Crocker Elementary School were in lockdown for more than an hour this morning after someone fired a gun on nearby Marshall Street, according to Sgt. Glenn Fossa.

Sgt. Fossa said police detectives and patrol officers located more than six shell casings believed to have been fired from a semi-automatic weapon near the 80-block area of Marshall Street—a very densely populated neighborhood with a number of multi-family dwellings.

There were no injuries, and police are unsure if anything was hit..

"I don't have any knowledge anything was struck by the shots," Sgt. Fossa said.

The schools were closed only as a precautionary measure; and no one was in imminent danger, Sgt. Fossa said.

The Arthur M Longsjo Middle School, 98 Academy St., is six blocks from the incident, and the Crocker Elementary School, 200 Bigelow Road, is about a half-mile away.

Two men were arrested on unrelated warrants during the investigation, the sergeant said.

Police are still investigating.

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